00:00The Norwegian national team defeated Ivory Coast 2-1 on Tuesday in the knockout round of 32 at the World
00:07Cup,
00:07becoming the first European team to advance to the round of 16.
00:12Antonio Nusa gave Norway the lead in the first half, but Manchester United's Ahmad Diallo equalized in the 74th minute.
00:20Manchester City and European football superstar striker Erling Haaland sealed the victory in demanding fashion,
00:26scoring a late winner for his side in the 86th minute and bringing his goal tally in his maiden World
00:32Cup to 5.
00:34Norway will face Brazil on Sunday in the round of 16 in a matchup to take place in New York.
00:42France easily defeated Sweden 3-0 on Tuesday in their first knockout game.
00:47The 2018 champions and 2022 runners-up have now won their fourth straight match of the tournament,
00:53extending a dominating run which has seen them score at least three goals each game.
00:59French talisman and Real Madrid superstar Kylian Mbappé opened the scoring in the first half stoppage time
01:05to head into the changing rooms with a 1-0 advantage for Le Bleu.
01:10PSG's Bradley Barcola made it 2-0 in the opening 10 minutes of the second half,
01:14before Mbappé struck gold once more, scoring his second of the night in the sixth of the tournament.
01:21Mbappé's brace ties him with all-time Argentine great Lionel Messi,
01:25who has also scored six goals in this World Cup so far,
01:28and brings his total World Cup goal tally to 18,
01:31just one behind Messi in the all-time charts despite having played three less tournaments.
01:37France will face Paraguay, who recently knocked Germany out of the competition,
01:42in the round of 16 on Saturday in Philadelphia.
01:46Co-host Mexico defeated Ecuador 2-0 in Mexico City in what was the final knockout game of the day.
01:53The home team sealed the victory in the first half with gold by Julián Quinones and Raúl Jiménez.
02:00Mexico, which remains undefeated in four matches,
02:03will face on Sunday the winner of England and DR Congo,
02:06who will take to the pitch on Wednesday.
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